Kenneth Hess

Kenneth Hess, Consulting Engineer at a global IT outsourcing firm, has been involved in virtualization and running VMs since becoming an official beta tester for VMWare's first product, He uses Microsoft's Virtual PC on a daily basis to maintain connectivity to corporate networks and test new software. He is also currently involved in an enterprise virtualization project utilizing VMWare Server and Xen Server 4.x to migrate and consolidate aging hardware onto a virtual platform. Hess has many years of experience in IT areas ranging from management to development to technical writing. Amy Newman, managing editor of ServerWatch, has been covering virtualization issues since 2001.